60 DESCRIPTIONS OF QUEENSLAND LEPIDOPTERA. 



inward and curved to near, but not touching, inner margin at 

 five-sixth : dots from outer angle to costa at three-fifth, two 

 large spots in a line from costa before apex and with interruption 

 with curved band reaching to anal angle : a sub-marginal line of 

 dart-like dots, and a marginal row of lines and dots to two-third 

 hind margin, a faint dot at anal angle. Cilia ochreous, barred 

 with black. Northern Queensland, Mr. French's collection. 



SPILOSOMA QUEENSLANDI, NOV. SP. 



V 65 ^'l\v\_. Head creamy white, with a small black dot on 

 either side of forehead. Palpi black. Antennte grey. Thorax 

 creamy white, with a patch on dorsum and either epaulette black. 

 Legs black. Under side of first and second pair of cox* scarlet, 

 of hind pair white. Abdomen light fuscous with segments 

 black narrowly bordered by white, tinted with yellow, excepting 

 sub-caudal, which is entirely black ; caudal segment tipped with 

 a triangle which contains two rows of minute black dots and 

 bordered with dull orange. Fore wings costa straight, apical third 

 rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded, creamy white marbled 

 with black, costal side of median black, white from base running 

 along veins and forming small patches near costa one-fourth and 

 three-seventh, a white curved band three-fifth costa to two-third 

 inner margin, an oblique white line from costa six-seventh to 

 vein 0, an apical white band, interrupted between veins 6 and 7, 

 thence bi'oader to near anal angle of hind margin, angle only 

 produced to hind margin, a broad median white band from base, 

 meeting an oblique blotch from median, thence as a Z to middle 

 of inner margin. Cilia grey, banded with white. Hindwings 

 creamy white, with black spots, a round spot near costa one-half, 

 two or three minute dots on costa immediately beyond, and a 

 subapical bar and dot subtending a row of elongated spots to 

 anal angle, a row of minute dots from apex along hind margin, 

 faint and scant before anal angle, Cilia as forewings. North 

 Queensland. Allied to S. fulvohirta. 



FAMILY HYPSID^. 



NYCTEMERA MC-KIEANA. NOV. SP. 



V 45 m^iiV- Head ochreous, with a black spot on face, one 

 across the crown, and a round dot on neck. Palpi and antenna^ 

 black. Thorax ochreous, tinted with golden yellow, narrowly 



